Leg impairment magnifies reproductive costs in male Mediterranean fruit flies, Ceratitis capitata

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 73-81

  Harwood, James F ^a   Vargas, Roger I ^b   Carey, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amputation; Asymmetry; Diptera; Injury; Medfly; Tephritidae; Terminal investment hypothesis; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ASYMMETRY; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; ENTOMOLOGY; FLY; INJURY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE HISTORY; LIMB; LONGEVITY; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SURVIVAL; TRADE-OFF;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; TEPHRITIDAE;

EID: 84874565939     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eea.12042     Document Type: Article

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